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hétéroclite — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • eclectic adj Drawing from many different sources, styles, or ideas rather than sticking to one.
  • heteroclite adj Irregularly declined or inflected.
  • motley adj Made up of a wildly varied, often mismatched, mix of elements or people.
  • promiscuous adj Having sexual relationships with many different partners, often casually.

Senses

hétéroclite is used for these senses in English:

  • eclectic Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
  • heteroclite (grammar) Irregularly declined or inflected.
  • heteroclite (dated) Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
  • heteroclitic (linguistics) Irregular in inflection.
  • motley Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
  • promiscuous Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.

heteroclite — full definition

  1. adj Irregularly declined or inflected.
  2. adj Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.

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